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Draft Selections
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (ATL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (ATL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (ATL)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (ATL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (ATL)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (ATL)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (ATL)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (ATL)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (ATL)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Draft Picks Received
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NO)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (CIN)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (JAX)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NO)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (IND)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Hunter Nourzad Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (CHI)
Hunter Nourzad
C Penn State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dylan Moses
LB
Draft Grade — Falcons
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Falcons worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Falcons would have aced it. Spencer Rattler at Round 3, Pick 10 is 44 spots clear of where he belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. Getting Coleman where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.

They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
Chop Robinson at the Round 1 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. The roster fit checks out.
Pick43 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
Kamari Lassiter at pick 43 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick45 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in pick No. 45 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick49 Rnd2 Junior Colson
They paid sticker price for Junior Colson in No. 49, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick56 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
A quiet steal in the 56th overall pick: Keon Coleman for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick74 Rnd3 Spencer Rattler
Spencer Rattler in slot 74 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick109 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Matt Goncalves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick116 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
A reach on Beaux Limmer in pick No. 116; the board had better options right there. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick187 Rnd6 Khristian Boyd
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Khristian Boyd at Round 6, Pick 12. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick197 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
Frank Gore Jr. at pick 197 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick234 Rnd7 Keaton Bills
Keaton Bills at the 234th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.